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SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS. Way Curious and Interesting Lett.r from On wy Saly pro Bgions beltet. 1 “wales boy rit an assasit upen my religions opinions. Were I a ‘citizga 1 should content myself with merely the right which belongs to ree es Sectpatin ala opis’ Sn feocae mig eee ey Test ‘with challenging those whe me te point out a fiugie article in my creed that aims at anght else fan exalted private worth and public virtue. But i tery am % acknowledge ‘the of others to question my faith, and my ow T deknowledge « rl farther obligation. And in- jee empach as | aco under the understanding, believed in Obristian religion, jminister our vil law according the Divine Inw as it had been revealed to ws, on which all our Snstisutions were based; so | sects a ‘these whe be Bete of administe men, that my cf ebedienc . Bee oT have Rot, however assaults to have already go far felt them that 1 have to publish a volume on the ether vo- entions, would ere this have been in rinter’s hands. To that elueidation and of m ita of this eom- un upon, and can- tent if on stats- ments as may of what it eotae silenrs if those who phy ned bet been me done me the ‘themselves to have publ whed any- ‘thing | have mai i t But hitherto I have been able to reash the ie only favough publications of very limited ci jon, and wildest and most erroneous notions have there- fore been imbibed as to: my belief, and the mischief has been increased Roy reeklesgness with which erroneous statements have been fabricated by those who could not know them to be true, but who could ly have ascertained them to be false. ‘Thus one writer,* with = wart of Heer wa! Sef aps surprising, speaks of my co m, fe in making up my decisions. ree ed that is ‘ramored” that I have consulted spirit mani- festations in regard to my decisions. Another, that my belief is ‘‘atirreooncilable variance with all @ivine revelation, and is ft for no other system than devil worship;” and still another, that “it consti- utes an abandonment of all self-control, and a sur- wender of the supremacy of reason, as informed and enlightened by the senses, to the most nonsensical Jugelery.” ‘ALi these statements are as wide as they can be of truth, and [ might with some justice complain at being subjected to such grievous imputations, mere- ly because I had made a decision which was unac- ceptable to a portion of the community. But it is not for the purpose of complaining that I sit down to write. | am aware that it is not so much me, as it 4s the faith which I profess, which is the object of attack. It is ‘the mighty theme, and not the incon- miderable advocate,” which offends. I am also aware why it is that so much error exists in the public mind on that subject, and my whole purpose is, 80 far as I am concerned, to correet that error; to state truly, as far as I can in this connection, what it is That I do believa, and generally the grounds on which my belief is founded, that all who take in- terest encgch in the matter to read what I may say, amay have the means of judging for themselves as to \ what I really do believe, rather than what others er- | woneously impute to me as a belief. T am sincerely grateful to my assailaats for not Smputing to me any unworthy or selfish motives, for wonceding that as a private citizen I ‘stand exempt from public criticism,” and that I am ‘‘not a fool,” and for confining themselves to the mere imputation that I am laboring under a delusion. It is, there- fore, te that pofnt I shall confine myself in what I Dave now to say. F It was in January, 1851, that my attention was first called to the subject of “ Spiritual Intercourse.” I was at the time withdrawn pic) bees society; I was laboring under great de, ion of spirits. I was occupying all my leisure in reading on the sub- ject of death, and man’s existence afterward. I had im the course of my life read and heard from the yalpit so many contradictory and conflicting doc- =. on the subject, that I hardly knew what to be- Heve. I could not, if 1 would, believe what I did mot understaiid, and was anxiously seeking to know, if after death we should again meet with those we had loved here, and under what circam- I was invited by @ friend to wituess the “Rochester Kaockings.’ I complied, more to her and tw while away @ tedious honr. I bt a good deal on what I witnessed, ana i de- to investigate the matter and find out what . If it was a deception, or a delusion, I thonght I could detect it. For about four months I de- least two evenings in @ week, and some- re, to witnesting the phenomenon in all its I kept careful records of all I witnessed, time to time com: them with each detect inconsistencies and contradictions. all I could lay my hahds on on the subject, especially all the protessed ‘ exposures of the .’ went from place to place, seeing differ- ent me , Meeting with different parties ra sons,often with persons whom I had never seep before. i i l net i Ha and sometimes where | was myself entirely se ticnt | ee in the. dezk amvelievers, and more fre- ‘with zealous believers. In fine, I availed of every opportunity that was afforded, tho- roughly to sift the matter to the bottom. I was all this time an unbeliever, and tried the patience of be- sorely by my skepticism, my captiousness, ‘and my obdurate refusal to’ yield my belief. J saw os: f me some who yielded a ready faith on one or two sittings only ; otliers again, under the same cir- ‘cumstances, avowing a determined unbelief; and who refused to witness it at all, and yet were eonfirmed unbelievers. | could not imitate either of ‘these parties, and refused to yield unless upon most irrefragable testimony. At length the evidence ‘came, and in such force that no sane man eould witbhold his faith. ‘Thus far, the question I was investigating was, whether what I saw was produced by mere mortal means, or by some invisible, unknown agency ; in other words, whether it was a deception, an imposi- ion, or what it professed tote, the product of some unknown, waseen cause. To detail what I witnessed would far exceed the limits of this communication, for my records of it for those four months alone fill, at least, one hundred and thirty closely written pages. will, however, mention a few things, which will @ general idea of that which characterized inter- , now numbering several handred. Most of i Hy - Fi If. I have preserved their names in my records, do not give them to the world, because I do not desire to subject them to the obloguy which seems, ‘most r with any other feeliag than a resolute and obstinate incredulity, whatever the evidenee. But these considerations grow out of this fact:—1st, that I have thus very many witnesses, whom I can invoke to establish the truth of my statements; and, 2d, that if I have been deluded, and have not seen and heard what I think I have, my delasion has been | § ghared by many as shrewd, as itelligent, as honest, | and as enlightened people as are to be found any- where among us. My attention was first drawn to the intercourse by the rappings, then the most common, but now the | most inconsiderable, mode of communing. Of course I was on the look out for deception, and at first re- lied upon my senses and the conclusions which my reason might draw from their evidence. But 1 was at a loss to tell how the mediums could cause what | ‘witnessed under these circumstances:—The mediums walking the length of a suite of parlors, forty or fifty feet, and the Tappings being distinctly heard flve or ix feet behind them, the whole distance, backward ‘and forward several times; being heard near the top of a mahogany door, above where the medium could , and as if struck hard with a fist; being heard e bottom of a car when travelling, on a railroad, and on the floor and the table, when seated at lunch, at an eating-house, by the side of the road; being beard at, different parts of the room, sometimes seve- ral feet it from the medium, and where she could not reach--sometimes on tie table, and, immediately after, on the floor, and then at different parts of the ‘table, in rapid succession, enabling us to feel the vi- bration as well as hear the sounds; sometimes, when fhe hands and feet of the medium were both firmly ‘and carefully held by some one of the party, and @ometimes on a table whep no one touched it. After need upon he senses, as to these various phases of the phenomenon, | invoked the aid of science, and with the assistance of an accomplished electri- cian and his machinery, and eight or ten intelligent edneated, shrewd persons, examined the matter. We parsued our inquiries many days, and established to our satisfaction two things: —Tirst, that the sounds were not produced by the agency of any person pre- geot or mear us; and, second, that they were not forthcoming at our will and pleasure. In the meantime, another feature attracted my attention, and that was “ physical mamifestations,” ‘as they are termed. Thus, [ have known a pine ta: A ‘ble Pith four legs, lifted bodily up from the floor, in | ‘the centre of a circle of six or cight persons, tarned le down and Jaid upon its top at our feet, then 7 over our heads, and put leaning against the back of the sofa on which wesat. I bayo kuown panei *Duily Chronicle, of Kew London, have occurred in the a of others besides | ely, to be visited upon all who look into | net H ¥| ? 4 = | =e floor 1) hereon in the baek parlor, and then borne folding doors to the farther end of the and there dropped on the floor. I have ently known persons pulled about with a force which it was impossible for them to resist, and once when all my own strength was in vain to that us affected. I have known a ting, yet no one was touched, and it was repeated!: putin within a few inches of me, when it Lape with a violence, which, if not arrested, must have broken my legs. Zheianel s sibe- nag net a hundredth part of what I have witnessed of the same character, but it general natare of what was is enough to show the before me. At the same time, I have heard from others, whose testimony would be eredited in any human transac- tion, and which I could not it myself to disre- , aceounts of still more transac- for I have been by no means as much favered mt ct as some. While these things were going on, there appeared in the newspapers various explanations and ‘' expo- sures of the humbug,” ae they were termed. I read them with care, in the expectation of being assisted im my researches, and I could not but smile at once at the rashness the futility of the explanations. For instanee, while certain learned profe fessors in Buf- falo were ecngratulating themselves on baving de- teeted it Im the toe and knee joints, the mani- estaftions in this city changed to ringing a bell laced under the table. They were like the solution Tater given by a learned professor in England, who attributes the tipping of tablestoa force in the hands which are laid upon it, overlooking the material fact that tables quite as frequeutly move whem there is no hand upon them. What I have thus mentioned has happened in the presenee of others as well as myself, Ihave not alluded to any of the things which have ocenrred to me when I have been alone, for as that would depend upon my testimony only, I have preferred not to sub- | ject my veracity to the rash and reckless contradic- | tions of those who venture to denounce as an “ atro- cious impostare” that of whish they are profoundly | igneraut, and which has been examined and is be- lieved in by thousands and tens of thousands of their | fellow-eitizens, who are. to say the least, every whit | as honest and as intelligent as they are. NoramI very anxions to submit my faith to the judgment of those who would have persecuted Gslileo nigh urate death for discovering our planetary system, and have | united in the cry of “folly” at Fulton’s steamboat, “ humbug” at Morse’s telegraph, and ‘‘ insanity” at » Gray’siron road. | Having thus, by a long series of patient inquiries, | eatisfied myself on this point, my next inquiry was, | whence comes the intelligence there is behind it all ? For that intelligence was a remarkable feature of the | phenomenon. Thus I have frequently known mental questions answered, that is, questions merely framed in the | mind of the interrogator, and not revealed by him | er known to others. Preparatory to meeting a cir- | cle, I have sat dowr alone in my room and carefally | prepaced a series of questions to be propounded, and | Ihave been surprised to find my questions answered, and inthe precise order in which I wrote them without my even taking my memorandum out of my pocket, | and when I knew that. not a person present even knew that I had prepared questions, much less what they were. My most secret thoughts, those which I have never uttered to mortal man or woman, have T ventare $0 & Fel creed a whieh ‘so entirely eechewed blind q and co fully and always demanded the exercise of the Judgment ond ee ‘Jagbt thot none of these extreordipary things which are witnessed bysro many are miraculous, or flow from suspension of na 's laws, but are, on the other band, in conformity pepe eS en, is ey imarveloun only tthe, who do not understand them, or familiar with them; that those laws, and the means by which ‘produce such results, are as capable of being eut by human research; that the knowledge is not confined to a few, but is open to all, rich or poor, or low. wise or igno- rant, who will wisely and patiently search for it, and that, when it is attained, it eannot bat work in the heart “a Tt walk with God,” and an intercourse with our men of more elevated character, void of selfishness, and devoted to their absolute ad- vancement in all knowledge and goodness, both in this world and in the to come. ‘This is a part of the something which I have found in my researcher. But there is Bee re There is that which comforts the mourner and binds up the broken-hearted; that which smooths the paren the grave and robs death of: ite terrors; whieh enlightens the atheist, and cannot but reform the vicious; that whieh cheers and encourages the virtu- ous amid all the trials and vicissitudes of life; and that which demonstrates to man his duty and his destiny, leaving it no lon; —— and uncertain. What that is I cannot im of this letter ex- plain, but in due time it will be ferthcoming, and each one can judge for himself. But now may I not ask if I everrate the impor- tance of the subject of my nat gpeond Scarcely mre than four years have elapeed since the ‘‘ Rochester Knockings” were first known among us. Then me- diums could be counted by units, but now by thou- sands—then believers could bo- numbered by han- dreds, now by tens of thousands. It is believed by the best informed that the whole number in the United States must be several hundred is, and that in this city and its vicinity there mast be from twenty-five to on thousand. There are ten or twelve newspapers and periodicals devoted to the cause, and the Spiritual Library embraces more than one hundred different publications, some of which have already attained a circulation of more than ten thousand copies. Besides the undistinguished mul- titude there are many men of High standing and talent ranked among them—dootors, lawy¢rs, and clergymen in great numbers, a Protestant bishop, the learned and reverend president of a college, judges of our higher courts, members of Congo, it foreign ambassadors, and ex-members of the Btutes Senate. That which has thus spread with such marvellous eelerity, in spite of the ridicule which has deterred somany from an open avowal—that which has at- tracted the attention of so many of the best minds among us—cannot be unworthy of my investigation, or that of persons far wiser and more reliable than Tam. It is now more than a year that my peculiar faith has been the subject of public comment. During it all I have been silent as to those attacks, eontent steadily to purste my investigations until I could arrive at satisfactory results. Perhaps I have been silent too long, for, in the meantime, very erroneous notions as to that faith have been allewed to spring up. But I was unwilling to speak until Iwas as sure as I could be that I was right, lest I might utter some crudity which, by and by, I might regret, or commit come error which I might find it difficult to correct, or, in fine, unhappily mislead in my igno- ranee, rether than wisely guide by my knowledge. I went into the Wars ieee originally thinking it a deception, and intending to make public my ex- posure of it. Having, from my researches, come to a different conclusion, I feel that the obligation to make known the result is just asetrong. Therefore it is, mainly, that I give the resuit to the world. I say mainly, because there is another consideration which influences me, and that is, the desire to extend to others a knowledge which I am conscious cannot but make them happier and better. If those who doubt this could but spend a few days with me in my library, and witness the calls I have from strangers from all parts of the country ; if they | been freely spoken to as if I had uttered them. Par- | poses which I have privily entertained have been | publicly revealed ; and I have once and again been | admonished that my every thought was known to, | aud could be disclosed by, the intelligence which was thus manifesting itself. Ihave heard the mediums use Greek, Latin, Spa- nish, and French words, when | knew they had no | knowledge of any language but their own, and it is a fact that can be attested by many, that often there has been speaking and writing in foreign languages | and unknown tongues by those who were unacquaint- ed with either. | _ Still the question occurred, may not all this have been, by rome mysterious operation, the mere reflex | of the mind of some one present? The answer was, | that facts were communicated which were unknown then, but afterward found to be true ; like this, for | instance, when I was absent last winter in Central | America, my friends in town heard of my wherea- | bouts and of the state of my health seven , and on my return, by comparing their information with | the entries in my journal, it was found to be invaria- | bly correct. So in my recent visit to the West, my | whereabouts and ry. condition were told to a me- | dium in this city while I was travelling on the rail. Toaa vetween Uieveland and Toledo. So thoughts | have been uttered on subjects not then in my mind, | and utterly at variance with my own notions. This | has often happened to me and to others, so as fully | to establish the fact that it was not our minds that gave birth to or affected the communication. | Kindred to this are two well authenticated cases | of persons who can read the thoughts of others in : a their minds. Qne is an artist of his tty ot hier | reputation, and the other the ¢diiar ct. me, that in | in 2 ncig With Vhitee Triends he had tried the experi- | ment, and fer over forty successive attempts found he could read the secret thoughts of his companions as soon as they were formed, and without their being uttered. So, too, there is the instance of two persons, one of them also a resident in this city, who can give a faithful delineation of the charaeter and even the peorsting moed of misd of any person, however un- | | known to them, upon whom they fix their attention. | These are not apocryphal cases. The parties are | at band, and in our very midst, and avy person that pleases may make the investigation, as I have, and satisfy himeelf. But all this, and much, very much more of a cog- nate nature, went to show me that there was a high order of intelligence involved in this new phenome- non—an intelligence outside of and beyond mere mortal agency: for there was no other hypothesis | which I could devise or hear of that could at all ex- plain that, whose reality is established by the testi- monyof tens of thousands, and can easily be ascer- | tained by apy oné who will take the trouble to in- wire. s If these two points were established—and there are now in these United States hundreds of thou- | sands of sentient beings who hive investigated and believe they are—then came this important question, cwi bono? To what end is itall? Yor what pur- pose! With what object? To that inquiry I have directed..my earnest atten- tion, devoting to the task for over two years all the leisure [ could command, and increasing that leisure as far as I could by withdrawing myself from all my | former reereations. I have gone from circle to circle, from medium to medium, seeking know- ledge on the subject wherever I could obtain it, | | either from books or from observation, and bringing | to bear upon it whatever of intelligence J have been | gifted with by nat: arpeued and improved by | over thirty years ce ut the bar, in the legisla. ture, and on the bench. | I found there were very many ways in which this | unseen intelligence communed with us, besides the | rappings and tabie tippings, and that through thoae | other modes there came very many communications distinguished for th loquence, their high order of intellect, and the: 0 same time I di $ s Fy & ij B Bes Ff eg a 2 a 3 e P = g & saw many puerile and sow and many that were ad man better and happier, ahd | set to could not out of thia chaos gather something that might be valuable. T was satiafied that something more was intended than the gratification of an idle curiosity; something | more than pandering to a disensed appetite for the marvellous; something more than the promulgation of oracular platitudes; something more than upsetting material objects to the admiration of the wonder- lover; something more than telling the age of the living or the dead, &c. For that something I have industriously searched. I thought that was wiser than to condemn without investigation, and denounce without knowledge. What Ihave discovered in that regard J have in- tended to give to the world, that all may judge for themselves whether there is anything in it worthy the attention of intelligent beings. It would have | been done ere this if my leisure would have allowed me time to preparer script for the press, Now T expect that my bo ubtished by the Ist of September, and to that I refer,asI have already said, for particulars. In the meantime, it is due to myzelf and to others | to say, that our faith, as growing out of these re- searches, is not “at irre ale variance with revelation.” How little do they, who make such | charges, know of this matter isled by the cre- | dulities which alone are seen in the new papers of | d not find ad- re, entertained by some that this new philosophy is at variance with the revelation’ through Christ, the Redeemer. This is, indee ro engi mistake, and one that believers would be too happy to correct, if only the opportunity could be afforded them. . os = So, too, is it a grievons error to suppose that it “ constitutes an abandonment of all self control, and & surrender of the sq of reason, as informed aud enlightened by the senses.” There was never could but look over my portfolio, and read the letters which pour in upon me from all sections, and from persons whom I have never seen and never may sce, they would be able, from the evidence thus furnished of the good that has been done, to form some idea of what may yet be accomplished, and they would not wonder that I find a compensation for the obloquy that is so freely heaped upon me by the ignorant, in the grateful outpourings of hearts which have, by my means, been relieved. One of them says (and it is a fair specimen of the whole), ‘You have acted the part of the good Samaritan, and poured oil into the wound of one like to die, and you will have rendered a deathbed, sooner or later, and hopefal, which might have been disturbed bydoubts.”” ‘This, then, is the offence for which I have been ar- raigned at the bar of the public with so unsparing a condemnation, declared unworthy of my high office, falsely accused of consulting aught else than the law of the land, and my own reason, in the jadgments which I officially pronounce, and have had invoked against me “the fires of Smithfield and the hangings of Salem.” From such a eondemnation it is that I appeal to the calm, unbiased judgment of my coun- trymen, with a firm reliance upon its justice. J. W. Epmoxps. Now York, ‘August 1, 1853. United States Diatsict Courts Refore Hou. Judge Ingersoll. DECISION IN ADMIRALTY. =| Elisha D. Hurlbut and other¥ vs. the ship Tie ‘otton Planter—[Abdstraet of Opinion.J—T< yar is inte J. Herlbut and John ee ee {ayers under the name of E. D. riurtol Co., Davison, Young, Amasa Hayden and Amasa Hayden, Jr., Russell H. Post, John H. Fowler, andC. H Pond. Itis signed in the name of E. D. Hurlbut & Co., by John D. Hurlbut. None of the other persons named inthe libel as libellants have signed it, either by themselves, or by an agent or attorney, and it is sworn to by no one but Horlbut. It is claimed in the libel that . D. Hurl- bat & Co. are the equitable owners of two-sixteenths of the ship Cotton Planter, and that the other per- sons named in the libel are the owners of seven-six- | it teenths of the ship, making @ majoiity in interest; and that the ship is now possessed and controlled by the remaining owners of the ship, they being a minority in interest. And the libellants pray, for reasons sei forth in the libel, that the ship may he decreed to them, for them to manage, threugh their ageuts and ship’s husbands, E. D. Hurlbut & Co. Certain persons, other than the persons named in the libel as libellants, and in whose ssion the ship was at the time of the filing of the libel, have i geet and claimed to be and have put in their answer, sworn to by Robt. L. Lané, Edwin Parker, and E. Hoagland, in which | ; they claim to be part owners, and a majority in in- terest in the ship; that they are preparing the ship for a similar voyage to the one in which she has been heretofore engaged. They say that the persons named as libeilants are not the owncrs of a majority in interest of the ship; that E. D. Hurlbut & Co. are not owners of any portion of the ship: that they are not legal owners in the ship, that they have no legal or other interest in the ship which a court of ad- miraity will protect in this form of action; and that if the persons named as libellants are a ma- jority in interest, they have not stated such a case in their libel us will authorize a court of ad- miralty to interfere in their behalf; and they pray that the libel be dismiseed, and the pos: ion of the vessel awarded to the claimants. A motion hay- ing been made by the claimants, that the vessel he"discharged from custody, the court held, that was important that the vessel be dis- charged from custody in order that she may proceed on her voyage, if that could be done without preju- dice to the respective claimants. That the vessel, when the libel was filed, was in the possession of the claimante, who had a rightto her, and were using her a6 they deemed for the benefit of all concerned. That unless the libellants in this libel show clearly | that they are a majority of owners in interest, and of such an interest as a court of admiralty will protect, the vessel shonld be restored to the claimants, if that can be done without material hazard to the rights of the other part owners. That from the libel itself it is not clear that FE. D. Hurlont & Co. are owners of such an interest a8 a court of admiralty will protect in this form of action. They had given an absolute bill of eale of their interest to Jabez Pratt, and'it is doubtful whether they can now set up @ parole condition by which this absolute bill of sale should be turned into a mortgage. That if it was a mortgege, the mortgegees and not the mort- gagors are entitled to the possession of the ship. That if between Pratt and the Hurlbuts it was a mortgage by reasonef a parol condition, it would be abeolute in the hands of the claimant, Parker, a third party, who had bought of Pratt without uotice of the condition, and the libel does not state that Parker knew it was a mortgage. That if Parker did take the biil of sale with knowledge of the condition, he would still have the legal title, and not B.D. Hurlbut & Co. That E. D. Hurtbut & Co. are not entitled to the porsession of the ship aa nts of the owners. The case, therefore, as stated in the libel, is not sufficiently clear in favor of the libellants to warrant the ruiaous detention of the vessel in the hands of the Marshal, aud without intending to ex- press any opinion as to the final result pon a trial on the merits, the Court orders the ship to be de livered to the claimant, upon the filing a bond to bave her forthcoming upon the final decree which may be rendered’ on the final hearing. Munpgr or a Son By O18 Farnur.—Isaac Cox, of Sassafras Neck, was committed to Elkton jail, in Cecil Reg murder of his own son, a lad between fifteen and sixteen years of age. It appers that the boy inter- , fered to prevent strife between his father and mother, when the father tarned upon the boy, who fled. to was overtaken, knocked lifeless a blow witha impression of some that Cox is insane, tick, and his throat cut from ear to ear, It is the ohn D. | part owners of the ship, | Md., on Thursday, charged with ihe | BAILROAD INJUNCTIONS, t EF i i Ff ti il} iH itt a { ne , tl E ! aed : j z curb stones, along the plaintiff, Thomas Hope, reareely adequate, Te year Issa, laid but, opened opened 1e year 1836, laid out Pre] constituted a publie street, thorov; to be ured by traveilers as such, tinued tobe and still is of right wach shfare or highway, used as uff, Thomas Hope, is seized im Q certain corner lot of ground, situsted hundred fee: cn the easterly side of and twenty five feet on the scutherly side of street cf the said eity of New York street, being the premises on the southeasterly oor- ner of the said Chambers street and College pines, kpown a9 number 132 Chambers street, aod the numbers 25, 27, 29, and 81 mney ol with anotber lot of grourd adjotaing t! on the easterly side thereof, fronting twenty: fi on the seutherly side of said Chambers street, which raid lots is twenty five feet in width, and one bua- Gred feet im depth. And the plaintiffs are advised and insist that the said plaintif, Thomas Hore, is the ewner in fee of all the lands in front of the eai¢ lots te the cen- tee of paid streets, by virtue of hiv ownership of the said lots hounded or frontiog upon the said streets as sforecaid, subject only to the easement or right of my of tke publie over the rame, The said plsintiffe further show that said premiies, number 132 Cham- bers street, above déscribed, and the store and buildieg ereen, grocery stere. by the raid plaintiffs on the aald premiees in large; tha’ their said store is five stories ia height, and entirely covers the let, and that the whole building, exeepting the fourth and fifth stories, is devoted to gheir said trade; that they are ecntantiy engaged in receiving and selling, aud delivering, rending awey, and despatchiog the mer- commodities in which they in their ‘That the said plaintiff, Thomas Hope, has occupied she raid premises, and has carried on a grocery business t of twenty-two years, and that the said loeation, by his perseveranee, industry and enterprise, has become and in a valuable stand for cm) aid gr . the side of ther said tore on Collepe pit foresnid, is eonvenient, and is used by the raid for the purposes of tak- ing in and sending away goods, That ic is fitted with Cours and entrances for these objeets, and t | way wheel and fall for conveying goods to and from the upper stories of the said store, is. situated oa the said rice of the store on College place, and at a distance of about forty five feet from the said corner of Chambers street and College place. That within a fey months past the said plaintiff, Thomas Pole has obtained from the Corporation of the sity of New York » license to open aud use the ground underneath the sidewalk and street in front of the ssid premises on College place and Cham- ders street, ss aforesaid, for which be bas paid to the eaid Corporstion the sum of seven hundred dollars, and has erected under the said sidewalks large, capacious aud expensive vaults to be used in and deveted to the said business of the said plaintiffs, and that the princips! openings for lowering goods into and taking goods out of the raid vaults are on the said side of the said stere on College place. That in order, conveniently avd expedi- tiourly, to take geods imto the said store, and send away such af are sold, it is absclutely necessary that there should be space’ in front of the said store on College place for horres and earte, drays or wagons, to up and stand, without hindrance or disturbance, to load and | unload, That the exigencies of the said business of the ssid plaintifie continually call require horses and | carts end wagors at the side of seid store for | pur aud that it is impcesible to carry on the business cuccersfully or profitably if the said plaintiffs | should be ived of the use aud facilities of the id side of their said store on College place, for loading and nnloadirg, and taking in and sending away goods. The raid plaintiffs further complain and OE a9 that by rea son cf the warrowness of the said Cohen oe and of the | eortiguity and proximity therecf, an the plaintif's said premises to the railway station of the Hudson River railroad on the opposite side of meas place, where ia, acd for a long time past has been, usually and necessarily 9 grest deal of travel and passing, ands great rush and crowd of carts, wagons, carrisges, hackney coaches, and other vekicles, stancing and pacsing for the legitimate, rearoveble, amd ordinary purposes of business and travel, a double or reoond railway track through and along said street called College place, o ite and in frontof the plaintiffs’ raid premises, would greatly obstruct said street for public use, and seriously obstruct, and toa grest and ruinous extent, damage the plaintifis’ said business by means of occupying so much of the said last mentioned street, aud running £0 rear to the curb- stoves and sidewalks thereof next to the plaintiffs’ said premises as to hinder and prevent them and ir ser- vants. customers and others from driftug or placing carts cr cther vehicles, laden or to be laden with merchandiee sold und delivered, or to be delfyérea, 10 or from their :aid grocery store and premises, and #0 also as to hinder and prevent the said neimtiifs, their rervants, agents, enstomere end others from having free, safe and | corvenient ingress and egress to and from their said store and premises, and the said stieet called College place as aforesaid, as they have hitherto always been of right ac- curtemed to do and have, and still of right ought to do avd have, without the molestation or hindrance of said double or second railway track. And tho plainiiffs «re | advieed and insist that the Mayor, Aldermen and Com- motalty of the city of New York have not any right or | authority, by virtue of their corporate powers, sliber as preseribed and established by the charter of the taid city, cr eonferred by legislative enactment or othersise’ acquired, to authorize the construction | of a double or second railway track in said Culiege pluce along opporite the plaiutiffs’ said premises, without the plamtifis’ consent or the coneeut of the | said plaintifl, Thomas Hope and against theic and his will, oxprers objection and dierent. Nor have the said Mayor, Alderio6n Gnd Commonalty, or the Legislature of this Siate, any right or power to authorize the construction of such doubie or seeond railway track, without adequate corapeniation being first made to the plaintifis, and enpe- cindy to the plaintid, Thomas Hope, for the iojury dove tothe buries aud rights of the raid plaintiif, and to | the freehold of the said Thomas Hope. The said plain- ifs further complain and set forth that by certain reso- lutions of the Common Council of the city of New York, pasted in or about the month of July, in the year ono thourand eight hundred and filty.oné, and by certain other resolutions of the fame Common Council passed on Gifierent days sub: equently, permission and the authority and consent of the Common Council were granted to the said defendants composing the associaeion, company, or firm, known aa “The Sixih Avenue Railroad Company,” and to the othere of the said defendants composing the ussocintion. company or firm, known as “The Eighth Ave- nue Feiiread Company,” to lay a railsoad track throagh certain streets of ihe Paid eity, commencing at the inter- section of Chambers street and West Broadway, thence slong West Broadway to Canal street, and through Canal strcet to the said Sixth Avenue Railroad Company to Variek street, and ronping through Varick and various | other streets, andto the said the Eighth Avenue Railroad Company to Hudeen street, and running through Hudson | wtieet to certain points on the Sixth end Fights avenues rerpectively. That the raid railroad companies, by vir- tue of the permission and authority of the said Common Couneil grauted by the said resolations, and of certain deeds, covenants, Or regulations in writing, executed by tha raid parties reepectively, and now on beuaif of the said Common Council on file with the Compteviler of the city of New York, built and coustiucted their said rail- roads throvgh the streets and avenues mentioned in the eaid rerolw instruments in writing respectively, and that ¢ nmination of the said roads at the ioter- section of West Brcadway and Chambers street was on the opporite side of Chambers street,to the stere and pre. wisn Of the plaintiffs, and almost directly facing their said store, That College place rons nearly in the same direction as West Broadway, and intersects Chambars rly opposite the intersection of Weat Broadway and Chambers street, but is a much narrower street than West Broadway. The enid plaintiffs further complain and set forth, that in or about the moatn of November, in ihe year one thousand oight hundred and fifty two, the Common Council of the city of New York pasead and adopted certain other resolutions, of which the following is 8 copy, that is to soy:— Resolved, That the Bighth* Avenue Railroad Company have authority, and the privilege is horoby granted to tem, to extend thelr rail (whieh is to be constructed in like man’ ner ag their present) through Canal street to Broadway. und also from {ts prosent termination at Cham'ora eireet throggh College place to Barclay street, and through Bar. clay Sind Church streets, or ncrovs Barclay strest, and through the Buildinus which they have rented or procures, or may rent aud procure, for thet purpose, to and into Ve: sey atreet, through Vorey etreet to Broad vay, and through Chureh street, from Vesey street to Chatabers street, and i mbers atrect to ite present termination afore ‘un their oars over the anme; and when they io such extension, then and thorenfter thoy Lerty to charge every pastenger who may come ny distance upon any part of their road bolow treet, five couts for riding on that part of their road. Anything in the resolution or agreement ander which ihe said company arc now scting inconsistent with any of the privileyeseranted by thie resolution is hereby modiled 40 Xs to conform thereto, rba!l have shall beat the Sixth Avenue Rallro evnid the kighth Avenue K part of the cost of t read lying between Varick street and voy, and of fecping it in repair from time to time here after and also the one half of the ovate and of the repnirs from time to time of the exte ns above authorised, shall be st liberty to wee aod own ¢-half efthe¢ame, and run thelr ears theroon, and to charge evory paesenger who may come to rife any distance upon any fart of thoig road be | low Forty third strect, the {ike sum of five cents for riding | on that part of the road: and anything in the resol agreement nnéer which they are now noting, inconsi wi hthe #nid privileges, is horeby modified so'as to conform to this rerotution. Adopted by the Board of Ageistanté, November 11, 1852, Adopted Ly tue Board of AMormen, November 22, 1852. | _ Received from his Honor the Mayor, Dooom ber 13, 148% without his approval or objections thereto the provieions of tho amended charter, the adopted ‘The enid plaintiffs further complain and insist, that the Common Council of the city of New York have not the au- thority, power or right to grant, convey or dispove of the | public streets, thorovgbfares and highways of the city of Now York, or the use of the same or any thereof, to any individuals or evrporationns, fo as to exciude otmer per- | sore or public st large, or the owners of property, | residents or postons dving Dusiners on hush streets, from R37 Hy : z af re tt Eg EE 7 pees: that they constructed sueh double said street, from sear ibe intersection of street with College place, up to and for about fifty feet store on College place; place,which the westerly track Cay saree 't the seoond track which the fis are infermed and be- Bow design to connest with the easterly track oadway, a4 @ continuation thereof, they com: pear Bar@ay Uy t along the side of tho plaintiffs’ distance from said termina- 1 se0ond or easterly track College place 1 om of the easterly track of *the reads io West Broc ds: v, om the upper side of Chambers atreet, ia about cighty fect. And the said plaintiffs charge and ipsiet tbat the Inyi-g of the anid double track through College Place wo’ cntrary to the , true intent and meaning of the said last ment resolutions of the Common Council, in violation of the rights and privileges of the plaintiffs, and of all persons owniog preperty, re- siding or doing business in College \lace, of the ci Saxing aeeseicn.be ans the said street asa neneneneety and of the public at large, and utterly unauthorized; an: that the said second or easterly track in the said College place isan obstruction thereto anda nuisance. The said plaintiffs further comylaio, and state that in or about the month of December, in the year one thousand eight hun- the said dred ané -twe, the Common Couacil of the city of New York, pamed and adopted a eertain ether pre- Co " spaug resolution, of whieh the following is a copy— rn ® rerolution has passed the Common Fesolution was permitted to become a he jsyor, authorizing the Sixth am Eighth to exte ha throagh 0 extend the Barclay street, or through hrough to a bers street to its pro- fext termination ; and whereas, it was the understanding, although not 1 pecified im the resolution, that, anid extensio ye ently witha single # ret thi 8 io now en, k, whi out-from said street a)l other tri ment to the interests of the citize fore, be it Kesolved, That the Street Commissioner be, and is hereby, fiteoted to cause all ferther proceedings of said compan: in the id roads through the streets mer to be stayed and suspended until the il, exeept they build a id if that course be yn the said Street tr ly opted by said th iniestoney be, and he is. hereb; Streets restored to their former Adopted by the Board of A! Adopted by the Board of As: Approved by the Mayor, Deoember 21, 1862. ‘The raid plaintiffs further co: mplain ‘and allege that, notwithitanding the passing by the Common Council@t the said last mentioned preamble and resolution, the suid seeond or easterly track in College place, so laid down by the said defendants without authority av aforesaid, has been permitted to remain to obstruct the said street, y, directed to have said dition without delay. December 18, 1352, . December 20, 1852. 1, 1862, and that now the said defendants, the said railroad com- | panies, or one of them, but which the said plaintiffs are unable to state with certainty, design and intend, ac- cording to reliable information received by the said plain- tiffe, and as they verily believe, to continue the said dovble track through College pisce. and to connect the said second or earterly track in College place with the easterly track in West Broa¢way. That the.said compa nies have constructed a double traek through the prem- ives rented or procured by them, or ene of them, between Barolsy and Verey streets, and opposite the terminatio of Coliege place, mentioned in the resolutions of th Common Council, first sboveat length recited. That easterly track so constructed through the said premises is laid in such position and direction as to connect with the ssid seeond or easterly tiack im College plaze, and that the layixg of the said easterly track through the raid premises would be uréless and absurd unless with a view tothe connection of the said second or easterly trackin College place with the easterly track in West Broadway. And the said plaintiffs, upon reliable infor- mation obtained by them, and which they verily believe, complain and allege that the said raiiroad companies, or one of them, in pursuance of their aforecaid intention to conrect the said fasietly track in College place with the easterly track of the said roads in West Broadway, have employed, or mean end — to employ workmen, and have procured aud prepared. or mean and design to pro- cure and prepare materials for the purpose of suddenly and speedily making such connection during the period -in which the courts in the city of New York are not in active session, and without affording to the plaintiffs an: opportunity to sheck or prevent them, and when it ehall be difficult if not impracticable for the plaintiffs to pro- cure the advice and assistance of fcounsel, and to seek protection and redress in @ court of justice. That the eonnection of the said easterly track in College place with the easterly track in West Boater with the means at the command of the said railroad companies, can be readily dceomplished in a few hours at a very early in the morning, and when the courts are not sittizg. And that unless prevented and restrained by the equita- ble interposition of this houorable court, such connection will be speedily made, to the great loss and detriment of ‘the said plaintiffs. The said plaintiffs further show that the width of College place, from curb stone to curb stone, as bas been stated, is thirty-two feet. That the distance from the curb stone of the sidewaik of the plaintiffs’ said store on Coliege place to the nearest rail of the westerly OP, tra, lown by, tha.caid dafendeuts ni rd a is twenty five feet two inches. That the istavoe from the said eurb stone to the nearest rail of the easterly track so laid down by the raid defendants out Heente Or authority as aforesaid, is sixteen feet, and that the width of the space beiween the outermost rails of the two tracks is fourteen feet four inches. That if the said railroad track should be laid in the middle of the said street, as it may be required to be laid by the owners and occupants of the property on the opposite side of the said College place, the dirtance between the curb sto-4 and the nearest rail will be only eight feet and t-7, inches, The tzid plaintiffs further complain and sige that the cars of the caid railroad companies project over the ssid | track from eighteen to twenty-two inches, and that such cars pass and re-pass as often, at least, as onoce evel two ininutes durtug the day; that if the easd, ralirost companies should be aliowed to connect the raid second or.easterly track through College place with their said easterly track in West Broadway, there would not be wpace for the horses and carts, wagons or drays, neoces- | — for carrying on their business by the said plaintiffs, and which they have been accustomed to use, and require, and shich they, of right, bave used and required in their | tnid business to back up, stand, and load or unlosd on | the said side of their said store on Colloge placa whilst cars are passing; that the frequent pasdog of the said cars, and the coprequent constant noeessity of disturb- ing and turning the horses and vebieles required to stand by the raid side of the said store on College place. or when bitiing up, loading or unloading, would be gerous not only to the drivers, cartmen, or other per conzec‘ed with the busiuees of the said plaiatiffe, but all other persons passing through the said street; and that sueh passing of the raid cars on the said easier! track on College place, if the same rhould be allowe would prevent the eafd plaintiffs from using the side of their said «tore on College place for the purpose of taking in and sending away the goods and commodi'ies in which they deal, as they are cf right authorized aad entitled to use the same; and that such extension of the said easter- ly wack in College place, and its counection with the easterly traek of tho raid railroad in West Broadway, would work an immediate asd permanent injury to the said plaintilfs and to the freehold of the the said plaia- tiff, Thomas Hope, snd would bé a nuisance. The eaid plaintiffs demand yelief in the premives as follows, that ie to eay:—That by the order of this honorable court, the seid defendants, their oflicers, agents, assistants, engi neers, surveyor#, mechanics and workinen, and each and every ot them, inay be perpetuelly and fcrever enjoined ard restrained from any further building, constructing, or laying down the easterly track of railroad in College place, in the city of New York, heretofore laid down by them, or some one of them, ‘and from connecting the same with the easterly track of the railroad of tne sixth Avenve Railroad Company, and of the Eighth Avenus Kailrcad Company, in West Broadway, in the city of N York, and from running cara over or upon And that the raid plaintifie may have such furtl other relief in the premicos, or both as iuay be just and agreeable to equity. ISAAC DAYTON, Attorney for Plaintiffs. City and county ot New York, #s:—Thomas Hope, of the city of New York, being duly eworn, doth depose and tay. that he is one of the plaintiffs in ‘this action, and that the foregoing complaint is true, of his own know- xcept as to the matters which are thorein stated information or belief of the plaintiffs, and as to thore matters that he believes it to bo trae THOMAS HOPE, Sworn before me, this third day of August A. D. 1853, 11. C, Banks, Commissioner of Deeds. INJUNCTION ORDER. On reading the complaint in this action, duly verted, and on motion of Iause Dayton, the atforney for the plaintiff, it is ordered that the defondants in this action sbow cause before one of the Justices of this Court at Chamters at the City Hall of the olty of New York, on Wednesday, the 10th day of August instant, at 10 o’elock, inthe forenoon of that day, why the said de- fendanty should not be enjoined and restrained, pursuant to tle demand of relief made by the said plaintiffs in their raid complaint, And it {s further ordored, that in the meantime, and until the further order of this court, the said deferdants, their officors, agents. assistants, on- gineers, surveyors, mechanics, and workmon, aud each and every of them, d2 absolutely desist und refrain from any further building, constructing, or laying down the ensterly track of railroad in College place, in the city of New York, hereto‘ore laid down by thou, or some or one them, and from eonnecting she same with the easterly track’ of the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company, and of the Eighth Avenue Railroad Company, in West Broadway, in the city of New York, and from’ running ears over or upon the same. JOHN DUER. Dated this third day of August, 1853, a8 wo Avorner Victim or THE SrsampoaT Erie CarastrorHE.—The telegraph last evening ht us the intelligence of the death of Robert F. Cot- tingham, of this city, one of the sufferers by the late catastrophe to the steamer Empire on the North river. He was at the time of the accident badly scalded, and had a leg broken, which had since un- dergone amputation. From that time he remained at the Exchange Hotel in Poughkeepsie, where he expired yesterday morning. His remains were brought to this city laat evening. —New Haven Cow- rier, Aug. oi Thonas hes vag, aunty te ya tra lightning, on his plantation, near Montgomery, Ala) was, on (he i0th lt,” dlls bores was also Riled, -” mllles ana the Iin poster Captain, _ Captain’ Charles R. Day, of the ship Camil- Jus, yesterday forwarded us the annexed correspon ence relative to the frauds lately practiced in Mo- bile, under cever of his name and position: — New Yorn, August 3, 1858, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sim—As eaptain of the ship Camillus, referred to ip the enclosed extracts, which I take from the New Orleans: Picayune of tha lst of July, 1853, and the New Orleane Delta, of the same date, 1 beg, through the columns of your paper, to warn the public against the impesitions and frauds efs person calling himself Captain James: Hutchinson, who, it appears, has lately to bint. Self the title of her ecmmander, in order to hie swindling operations in Mobile and other places, The letter, of which I append s copy, and whieh I have. to-day mailed to the add-ees of J. P. Whitney & Co,, of New Orleans, who were the consigness of the will fully explain hia career and character, a well as hig previeus habite, I beg to say that I left the ship a. wiillus on the 11th of July, in order te come on to New York for the purpose of spending the summer here. The it 7 my mate Serhan sits Dosti “he meee old tricks te defrand very soon after my departure. crak See, Capitan, dopa nes to the pretended sister of the im) alias owned by Mr. J the New Orleans Pica; Jaty 21.) atlegeen pat ee bes has got an i mscrape.t uble came tind ixsue where all concerned laughed: hosrtly ag ther—but one laughed on the wrong side of his A certain agreeable gentleman, using title of Capt. Hutchinson, of Camillus, of or supposed to be in New Orleds, has been lionizing and lionized about town for many days past. Dining his friends at the “ Battle.” and riding with them by way of claaaters to all the gay haunts in and out of town, he has been for a week past quite a _card— resented to everybody. and well addressed. The Baptain, indeed, was the gayest of thegay. To pay up, @ bill of his supposed consignees for $360 was negotiated, which one of is dear friends kindly put his name to, and the cash was forthcoming. thie gave the means for a more extensive splurge—oxtra wines, more rides, and big talks of said ship—lum~- ber freight contract iv Pensacola, money to collect in Orleans, &c. But, alas! those confounded wires. A short notice came across the Rigolete—bill disowned—ship there, certain, but other captain and different owners. Bad show. But one of the de- luded proved a goed decoy. The hare returned back to the farm; and on Sunday, instead of the usual buggy ride, the dear friends walked to the guard- house, where one of them remaiued. This makes it bad for the Captain. avd rather ditto for the kind endorser; but agreeable, free, fine fellows aro vory taking at times. ANOTHER “VALENCIA.” | From the New O:lean: Dela, July 21] The Mobile Register has the following account of a new operator in the Dr. Hines-Don-Valencia style of raising funds:— AN lwpostyr—Forarry, &e.—A few weks ago, & emocth spoken and plauriole pexsou made his appearance in this city, and took quarter. at the Battle House, regis- | tering his neme as James Hutchinson. la tee evuree of face. the vacant | afew days, he managed to become a among | some of our resident young wel presented him- | self to be the captain of the fine ip Cawillos, ying at | New Orleans, and belongivg to his sister, whe lives in York—and that be wi mn his way to t ge & load of jumber. yy ‘this and simi- lar adroit stor he made a deci impression, and | was considered a deuce of # eisver fellow. resently, | however, he fell short of mouey, and, to supply his wants, arked one of his new acquaintanees to aceomme- date him with an endorsement ‘oa note of $300 0n the well known house of Taylor & Hart, New Ozleans. This would supply bis immediate necessities, and give hia s new reason for treasuring up pleasant memories of Mo- Dile—a place, by the way, which he took pleasure in ad- miring, ‘The deed was done, and money obtained. Shortly aftey this, he visited Pensacola, and there made contracts for lumber, to be delivered im the shert- est possibie time, He was ins “devil of » hurry’? to he atees. To aid him further, he a gentleman well known here, to proceed to New Orleans and eollest some $1,500 due him by a commercial house there. For this purpose he gave a taba) piles of attorney, and the gent aforesuid piocveded with alscrity on bis mis- ber ry lo! ae, ia ee lager and after a ae ia- quiry, the agent found that he had gone on a wild goose se. At the St. Charles Hotel he made inqutries, and there the only reminiscence of Capt Hutehiason was a debt of $30 for the good eating aud wines of that estab- lishment. He discovered further that the commercial house knew i of biw, and owed him nothing. He also found out that the note which he got endorsed and cashed in Mobile was s forgery. Here was a go! Of course the agent—a gentleman bard to dupe ord narily—same back boiling over with wrath, modified by a litde admira- tion of the impodence and rascality of the Csptaim. In the meantime, while fate was providing these expe- sures, the Captain bad wade up a select party of fellows te take a trip to Ne# York on board his ebip. ‘They were to occupy all the cabin by themselves, “live like fighting cocks,” aod have a good time generally. ‘That the Captain was a true “‘sal’,’” wes made evident by a little incident whieh occuried one night in presence of one of the young gentlemen whore room be shared. About midmight tne caplain was heard giving his or- ders in true sailor tone, ‘Heave ahead, you le>bers !’? ‘oretop ahoy!” ‘Avant, there!” aud suck like nauti- cal phrases. *\Helloa! what's the matter, Captain?” was returned by his roommate, ‘Bless my eeul,’’ replied the sailor, wakipg and rubbing his eyes, “I thought we ware weighing ancher,”’ and straightway both fell into a pre- found cisep. ‘Toe news froma New Orleans, however, dispelled these agreeable illusiong The captsin on Sunday Was arrested at the ins‘ance of bis New Orleans agent, ‘and in jail, where he now lies, to be brought out probably this worning fer the ssrutir y of bis Honor the Mayor. T ry reminds us of the famous Count Valencia, who \© many hearts vot long ago in various parts of the country, Happily, however, the present adventu- rer has fewer of thove roft grases and lg, ey | which gave the other a coatrol se poteat over the | bosom, The lesson, however, is as goed in the one case as in the uther, and a3 such it will doubtless be of use. CAP. DAY TO MESSRS. WHITNEY & CO. New York, Auga®t 3, 1863. | Messrs. J. P. Warrxry & Co, New Orleans. Gectlemen—Having read in the Picayune and Delia of | the 21st utt., from the Mobile Regiser, the statement of | arrest of an “Imposter for Forgery,” &c., ealling himself | Capt. James Hutchinson of the ship Camillus, then in | your pot. I think it is my duty, as the Captain of said ship, tomake known the scoundrel whe bly has | vowed his life to practices of robberies as well as to \ | 1 | j tions towards society, under the mask of an appearance of honesty. ‘This Capt, James Hutchinson is this State. 851, he was employed as a clerk io the Post Office of New York eity, ty engegeé in that capaci'y he purloined let containing some $12 000 in ratlroad bonds, He suc- | ceeded in effesting 4 sale of pact of them, whieh wae the subsequent cause of bis arrest. He remained in the jw of this city one year, awaiting the issue of his trial, which took place in Web , 1852, and was ogy oe Judge Betts, of the United States (i cuit Court, for the ot five years in the State prison, for ebbing the Post Oftice, About two mouths afier his | on the 23d or 24ih of Slarch, 1852, he was by President Fillmore, tbrough the influence of some friends of bis family. It was expected, of course, that he would appreciate the clomexcy of the exeextive, and con- duct himself honestly for the future; but his reeent acte prove quite the contrary, and he was scarcely out of preon before we heard that be was at .work committing more rascalities ia the northwestern States; thence, via the Mississippi, to Now Orleans, where he was about the latter partct Jure last. I forged in my names note for $600, which be succeeded in selling for $300; forged also a check inthe name of Taylor, Hart & 0o., val Bank, of New Orleans, and it ; Thence I ece he weat to Mobile, and practised there with sucesas some of his usual trieks swindling and forgery; axd reving that he has made of the name of the Capt. of the ehip Camillus te plitb po doubt all bis roguories, I request you to the favor, as captain of said ahip, to have this letter published, to caution the p sblic against future forgery or swindling of Capt. James dutehini Capt. of ship Camillus, Captain Day has furnished us with the real name of Hutchinson, who is of a respectable family in one of our neighboring counties. We forbear to publial: the. name, as it would tend to wound their feelings, and as we hope that the expose now given is suffi- ciently ample to put the public upon their guard, and perhaps may have the effect of checking the career of the prentended master of the @amillus, g Swhnomxe Marcn.—This affair was witnessed by a crowd of people on Wednesday evening, at the swimming school on Connectiout river. e swim~ mers started from the railroad bridge, three-quarters of a mile above, amid the flourisl of innumerable flambeaux in long lines of boats which accompaniod them. At the judges’ stand a succession of sky- rockets and rifles were discharged, and the rival swimmers came down in good style, accompanied by a large number of sail and row boats with torches, while the river in the vicinity of the judges’ -stand was filled with lighted boats. There were some half dozen swimmers, and it has not been fatly decided as to the real winner—two of the jadges awarding success to Mr. Ulrich Moll, (the winner of the former race,) and others ite young man by the name of James Church to be the winner. Mr. Moll has Jeft at our office a challenge to Mr. Church to try it over again “the next fair day.”—Hartford Times, Aug. 4. Ono Grave Cror.—Hamilton county, Ohio, ia somewhat famous for its grape orop. An expert. enced cultivator informs the editor of the Cincinnati Commercial that the rot has made its appearance im the ean crop, causing apprehensions of a seri- ous loss to those engaged in the culture in Hamilton y. where alone the annual ae amounts to fa million of dollars. The Gisease ve is sup- © be caused by uve mun ih tw day, svadoned by bights, | gaa